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Kane and Dembele to miss Spurs’ crunch Fiorentina clash

Harry Kane and Mousa Dembele have been ruled out of Tottenham’s Europa League last 32 second-leg with Fiorentina.

Spurs coach Maurico Pochettino confirmed in his pre-match press conference the duo would not be available as Spurs welcome the Serie A club to White Hart Lane with the tie level at 1-1.

Kane broke his nose during the FA Cup defeat to Crystal Palace last weekend and will sit out the second leg against Fiorentina, but the striker is expected to return against Swansea on Sunday.

It will be the first time this season Kane has not been named either in the starting line-up or on the bench for a Spurs fixture.

Dembele’s injury, however, is more serious. The midfielder came off at half-time against Palace with a groin injury and is now set to be out for between 10 days and two weeks.

It means the Belgian, a key player in Tottenham’s title charge, will miss Fiorentina and is also facing a race against time to be fit to play Arsenal, who visit White Hart Lane in the league a week on Saturday.

“Harry Kane will be available for Sunday,” Pochettino said.

“We expect and hope he will be available. Today he wasn’t here because he is seeing a specialist about his nose.”